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Cold Case Files

I SURVIVED: The One That Killed My Husband

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.88.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

While Debbie is outside gardening, an unknown attacker hides in her home waiting for her to come inside. He abducts Debbie beginning a 5-day nightmare, during which Debbie will discover that she isn’t this man’s only victim. Check out our great sponsors! I Survived is brought to you by BetterHelp! Visit BetterHelp.com/survived to get 10% off your first month! Nutrafol: Grow thicker, healthier hair by going to Nutrafol.com and use code "ISURVIVED" to save $15 off your first month’s subscription! ZocDoc: Go to Zocdoc.com/isurvived and download the Zocdoc app for FREE! Progressive: Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 29 million drivers who trust Progressive.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey cold case fans, A&E has another true crime podcast that I think you'd really like to hear.

0:06.0

The I Survived podcast is based on the classic true crime TV show.

0:10.4

It's heroing stories about people who have faced death and lived to tell the tale.

0:15.6

This is Episode 1, but we'll be dropping new episodes of I Survived every Saturday right here

0:21.2

in this feed. If you like what you hear, go subscribe to the podcast now, wherever you listen to

0:26.7

podcasts weekly. This episode contains descriptions of sexual assault and violence.

0:33.6

Listener discretion is advised. Also a note about this episode, we interviewed Debbie Overskite,

0:39.6

so the quality isn't as good in some places as it is in others.

0:44.4

There's no reason why I should be talking to you today, and I have been reminded by law enforcement

0:51.6

when I speak for them that Debbie he would have killed you.

0:54.5

Debbie and Nino Poovelisi met in their early 20s. Debbie was just 21 and he was 24.

1:00.8

We met in a nightclub and it was back in 1970 that in the nightclub he went up to my friend Bill Sharp,

1:10.0

and he said, are there any nice girls that I could take home to mom?

1:15.2

And Bill pointed me out and said, Debbie's a really nice girl.

1:20.6

And he came over to me and we talked in our relationship bloomed and we were married in May of 1973.

1:29.2

Debbie and Nino were approaching their 25th wedding anniversary in April of 1998.

1:35.6

Nino was first of all family man and he was a wonderful husband, father, and a very talented

1:45.6

musician. He often referred to his gift of music as a gift from God.

1:51.8

I'm saying that he was about Catholic, he never missed church, loved to cheer his kids on when

1:58.9

the twins became runners in high school. He never missed a sporting event.

2:04.6

They had twins, a boy, Michael, and a girl Melissa, who were both in college.

2:09.5

My kids, let's say Michael went to University of Delaware so his campus was not too far from our home.

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